Most bingo players would love to grab a win and put a few bucks in their pocket. Monica Bouma landed much more on a recent trip to Club Regent Casino in Winnipeg, Manitoba. At first, however, Bouma didn’t actually know she had won a $1 million jackpot.
“The lady sitting beside me said, ‘You just won a million,'” she recalls. “I was like, ‘no way’ and she’s like, ‘Yes you did.’ Then I was surrounded by workers like I robbed the place, which I kind of did. It still hasn’t sunk in yet.”
Seven-Figure Win
Bouma and her boyfriend were visiting the property on March 9 to play bingo and get an early start celebrating her upcoming birthday.
“He’d never played bingo, so he said, ‘Since you like playing, you can teach me.’ He was expecting a beginner’s lesson, not an expert one,” she laughed. “I looked at my screen and it showed two numbers away (from a bingo). The next two numbers were mine and I’m like, ‘I got a bingo.'”
With some big cash now in the bank, Bouma plans to take life a bit easier and spend more time with her daughter. She described the win as “the best feeling ever!” The jackpot came after covering all her Bingo Millions card in the first 47 numbers or less.
Other Bingo Millions top prize levels include: covering the entire card in 48 numbers for $25,000; in 49 numbers for $10,000; in 50 numbers for $5,000; and others.
“We are thrilled that Monica won the first $1 million Bingo Millions jackpot at Casinos of Winnipeg,” Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries gaming and entertainment Executive Vice President James Anastasio said. “We hope this prize will help Monica and her family achieve their dreams. Bingo Millions has been extremely popular with guests since we became the first Canadian property to offer it in December 2022.”
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